trecke

Central Franconian

Etymology

Compare Dutch trekken, German Low German trecken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʀɛkə/

Verb

trecke (third-person singular present trick or treck, past tense trok, past participle jetrocke)

  1. (Ripuarian) to pull, draw
  2. (Ripuarian) to go, march
    • 1993, “Denn wenn et Trömmelche jeiht”performed by Räuber:
      Denn wenn et Trömmelche jeiht, dann stonn mer all parat,
      Un mer trecke durch de Stadt,
      Un jeder hät jesat: Kölle alaaf, alaaf! Kölle alaaf!
      For when the drums are playing, we're all there and ready,
      And we march through the city,
      And everyone said: Cologne hurrah, hurrah! Cologne hurrah!

Usage notes

  • The second and third persons singular of the present always have a vowel change: the alternative form treck exhibits a change /ɛ/ → /e/, which is just not reflected in spelling.

Synonyms

  • zehje, ziehe (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

Derived terms

  • aantrecke
  • ustrecke
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